Child and Family Practitioner
Springwood, QLD | 6 Month Max-Term Contract
Make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people.
What we offer
About Us
At Life Without Barriers, we believe every child deserves to grow up feeling safe, supported and connected. Every day, we partner with children, young people, families, carers and communities to create brighter futures through compassionate, person-centred support.
With more than 8,000 employees working across 500+ communities throughout Australia, we are one of the country's leading social purpose organisations. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, people experiencing mental illness, and those who are homeless or seeking asylum.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
About the Role
As a Child and Family Practitioner, you'll play a key role in supporting children and young people in family-based care arrangements to achieve safe, stable and positive outcomes.
Working collaboratively with foster carers, children, families, Child Safety and other key stakeholders, you'll coordinate and deliver high-quality case management while providing ongoing support, supervision and guidance to carers.
This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact by helping children and young people thrive in nurturing, stable environments.
This position is based in our Springwood office and is offered on a 6-month max-term contract
Key Responsibilities
About You
You'll be passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and enjoy building strong relationships with carers, families and stakeholders.
You'll also have:
Successful candidates will be required to complete probity checks including a National Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check (where applicable).
Why Life Without Barriers?
At Life Without Barriers, you'll join a supportive team committed to making a real difference. We invest in our people through flexible work practices, professional development and meaningful career pathways, while recognising the importance of work-life balance.
How to Apply
Click Apply and submit your resume and a cover letter in one document.
For confidential enquiries or to discuss workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact Joelene at recruitment@lwb.org.au using the subject line "CFP Springwood"
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The closing date may be brought forward if a suitable candidate is identified. Current application closing date is midnight Thursday 30th July 2026.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
